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re: The anticipation I once felt for football season is gone
Posted on 7/29/26 at 8:02 am to Riseupfromtherubble
Posted on 7/29/26 at 8:02 am to Riseupfromtherubble
Its Minor League Football now.
Nobody has ever really cared much about minor league sports.
We have minor league baseball. Euros have all their minor soccer leagues. Racing has minor leagues in nascar and F1. And the one thing they all have in common is nobody really gives a shite on the grand scale.
Football was different because it was tied to the universities. But they've blown that all up. These players are hardly tied to the schools. They hardly go to class. They are employees paid to play football.
Nobody has ever really cared much about minor league sports.
We have minor league baseball. Euros have all their minor soccer leagues. Racing has minor leagues in nascar and F1. And the one thing they all have in common is nobody really gives a shite on the grand scale.
Football was different because it was tied to the universities. But they've blown that all up. These players are hardly tied to the schools. They hardly go to class. They are employees paid to play football.
This post was edited on 7/29/26 at 8:03 am
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Posted on 7/29/26 at 8:18 am to Riseupfromtherubble
quote:My general apathy is actually going beyond this. I canceled my YouTubeTV subscription and am debating not re-upping for football season.
This isn't a spoiled Bama fan soliloquy. My first memories are from the Stallings era, so my peak emotional investment was during some very dark years. It just feels like the overall product is a shell of what it used to be. I'll still tune in every Saturday, it just doesn't quite hit like it used to. Anyway else going through this?
Though I will need it for basketball season.
Posted on 7/29/26 at 8:19 am to Riseupfromtherubble
I think NIL is the biggest factor. No one is against the kids getting a piece of the pie, but when you have an average backup O-lineman making more money per year than the average fan struggling to buy tickets, it's frustrating.
Posted on 7/29/26 at 8:35 am to Riseupfromtherubble
This is the first season in the last 40 that I will not watch a single game.
Posted on 7/29/26 at 8:39 am to Dubosed
[embed]At least these guys have some spending money to go see a movie and hit up Taco Bell afterward.[/embed]
Spending money? Many of These guys can buy Taco Bell franchises now.
Spending money? Many of These guys can buy Taco Bell franchises now.
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